In this May 9, 2009 photo a boat transports people along the Mearim River in the flooded city of Trizidela do Vale in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao. Flooding is common in the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, but this year the waters rose higher and stayed longer than they have in decades, leaving fruit trees entirely submerged. Only four years ago, the same communities suffered an unprecedented drought that ruined crops and left mounds of river fish flapping and rotting in the mud. Experts suspect global warming may be driving wild climate swings that appear to be punishing the Amazon with increasing frequency.
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, a man looks at dead fish on the banks of Lake Rei near the town of Careiro da Varzea in Brazil. In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless.
In this May 9, 2009 photo, farmer Nelci de Fatima Goncalves pulls a cow across a cracked field caused by a drought in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Southern Brazilian states far from the Amazon have suffered from an extended drought, caused by La Nina, a periodic cooling of waters in the Pacific Ocean, while across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless.
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2005 file photo, a boat tries to make its way through a section of the Amazon River suffering from lower water levels near Uricurituba in northern Brazil. In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2005 file photo is seen the Anama Lake after a drought affected the levels of parts of the Amazon River in Manaus, Brazil. In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless
In this May 9, 2009 photo, a man rows a boat through a flooded street in Trizidela do Vale in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao. Flooding is common in the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, but this year the waters rose higher and stayed longer than they have in decades, leaving fruit trees entirely submerged. Only four years ago, the same communities suffered an unprecedented drought that ruined crops and left mounds of river fish flapping and rotting in the mud. Experts suspect global warming may be driving wild climate swings that appear to be punishing the Amazon with increasing frequency.
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2005 file photo is seen the Anama Lake after a drought affected the levels of parts of the Amazon River, 168 km from Manaus, Brazil. In 2005, the water level of the Amazon dropped by several feet because of a months long drought, halting travel and harming the important fishing industry. In 2009, communities along the river are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless.
In this May 11, 2009 photo is seen the flooded city of Turiacu in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao. Flooding is common in the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, but this year the waters rose higher and stayed longer than they have in decades, leaving fruit trees entirely submerged. Only four years ago, the same communities suffered an unprecedented drought that ruined crops and left mounds of river fish flapping and rotting in the mud. Experts suspect global warming may be driving wild climate swings that appear to be punishing the Amazon with increasing frequency.
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